The Conference is being jointly organized by the University of Limerick in Ireland and the University of Baltimore, in association with the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Makarere University in Uganda.

GCTR is the preeminent Conference bringing together leading scholars from throughout the world to collectively advance our understanding of the impact and implications of transparency policies that involve governments, either directly or indirectly.

Contributions are invited with a theoretical, normative or empirical focus, discussing issues such as:

Transparency in developing countries

Transparency and governance

Transparency and the IOT

Open government and e-government

Ethical Leadership and Organizational Transparency

Transparency and corruption

Transparency and NGOs

Transparency in the EU

Fiscal transparency

Corruption, open government, and good governance

Transparency, open data, and accountability

Transparency, open data, and privacy

Transparency, open government, and social equity

Proposals (papers and panels) for the conference, on these themes are due by Feb. 17. Final papers and panel submissions are due by June 5, 2017.